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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Energy Bars

I figured I would share the secret recipe that we found online.

We (My Wife) make our own energy bars for my many extended length adventures on the bikes.We have yet to do the cost analysis to verify this supposition, but, I firmly believe that we save a HUGE amount of money by making these ourselves. Find the recipe below.

Makes approx. 24 reasonably sized bars which we (My Wife) cover with plastic wrap for easy access on the fly.

We (Me) did the math and established that each of the 24 bars has approx. 235 calories each.Not bad in comparison to other available energy bars out there.

If you are at all familiar with the other options for compact energy replenishment, you will know that taste, texture and chewability (new word) definitely take a back seat to shelf life and calorie capacity. I'm sure there has been exhaustive market research done to determine the viability of the many similar available products, but I have to believe that the corporate decision makers for the manufacturers don't consume their own products. I've tried various assortments, and have been rather disappointed. Hence the search for the cost effective, digestible, and palitable alternative.

The biggest problem that I can see to marketing our little secret is shelf life. Ours hang out in the freezer. Not sure if that's a marketable concept. No matter - they work for us. And as long as I'm not gasping my way up a long hill, they go down pretty easily.

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Swintonism - defined

A Swintonism is the unintended use of Metaphor, Cliche, or other figure of speech in casual conversation, directly, and ironically coinciding with an immediately previous line of conversation or event. (This is not a pun, as puns are intentionally contrived for the humor of the listener. Per the definition, the Swintonism is unintentional)

Recent Swintonisms

---- Following is the response from my business partner after viewing the Death Ride website. "Sounds like a killer ride." Hmmm? Seemed a little obvious, but he claims it was a legit Swintonism.

---- In discussing the cost benefit of renting vs. buying another power washer, an employee stated that the benefit was on the side of purchasing, since the cost even on the first project "would be a wash." He would have liked to take credit for the pun - but we wouldn't let him. A Swintonism it was.

---- Via text message - "Vince bailed out." This was my report to another rider that Vince had decided not to ride because of torrential rains. I did not realize the play on words till it was already out.

---- In an email from a co-hiker, recapping her account of the roadside fire, witnessed by us one evening after hiking / jogging in Briones. (Which also had a significant role in my 5 week bout with Poison Oak) "I'm warming up to the night hiking"